“The Gateway to the West”. On the banks of the Mississippi River, not far from where Lewis and Clark set off to explore the Louisiana Purchase at the request of President Thomas Jefferson in 1803. The arch was designed by Finnish American Eero Saarinen. Started in 1962 completed in 1965. You can travel up the legs to a viewing room at the top. In 1967, I was with a date and we got stuck in the travel pods for about a 1/2 hour. Luckily neither of us were claustrophobic! It is now a National Park.
Taken from a car.
The Arch is really amazing. I have a friend who lives in the St. Louis area and I went to visit her once. She is absolutely petrified of heights and gets motion sickness very easily so going to the top was not her thing! But I went up (in spite of the flutters I get from heights) with a delightful family. I would not want to get stuck in one of them though! Good shot!
Next time you go by you should plan to stop especially on a clear day.
Thank you
It was a very grey day so the car windows gave the photo a nice blue tint.